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The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s.
January 26, 1991 C.E. – ongoing Somali Civil War June 4, 2006 C.E. – December 20, 2006 C.E. Advance of the Islamic Courts Union May 7, 2006 C.E. – July 11, 2006 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
The regime was weakened further in the 1980s as the Cold War drew to a close and Somalia's strategic importance was diminished. The government became increasingly totalitarian, and resistance movements, encouraged by Ethiopia, sprang up across the country, eventually leading to the Somali Civil War.
1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War: Somalia Supported by: Egypt [1] Ethiopia Supported by: United States [2] Cease-fire. The war ended in a ceasefire brokered by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Somalia did not achieve its goal of annexing the Ogaden region, and Ethiopia retained control over the disputed territory. 1977–1978 Ogaden ...
The Ethiopian–Somali conflict is a territorial and political dispute between Ethiopia, Somalia, and insurgents in the area.. Originating in the 1300s, the present conflict stems from the Ethiopian Empire's expansions into the Somali-inhabited Ogaden region during the late 19th century.
According to the report, a task force in Somalia verified the recruitment and use of 6,163 children – 5,993 boys and 230 girls – during the period from April 1, 2010, to July 31, 2016, with more than 30 percent of the cases in 2012, with the Somali National Army accounted for 920 children serving. Al-Shabaab accounted for, seventy percent ...
A stadium in Somalia's violence-prone capital is hosting ... of people to a sports facility that had been abandoned for decades and later became a military base amid the country's civil war. ...
The Somali Civil War (2009–present) (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya ilaa 2009kii; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية منذ عام ٢٠٠٩ al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya mundh 'eam 2009) is the ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. [1]